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Ep. 106: Not-so-Fantastic First Steps

We venture into space to uncover the secrets of why The Fantastic Four's three previous film iterations failed to launch Marvel's First Family into the cultural lexicon.

Logan Sowash ,  Andy Carr
By Logan Sowash ,  Andy Carr

Show Notes

Over the course of three decades, The Fantastic Four were adapted to screen in three entirely different iterations, all of which failed at some level or another to launch Marvel’s First Family into comparable cultural relevance to their peers like Spider-Man or the X-Men. To Logan and Andy, that sounds like a series of NOT-SO-FANTASTIC FIRST STEPS!

In time with the fourth attempt to get the characters right, Marvel Studios’ The Fantastic Four: First Steps, the boys venture into space to learn the secrets of the family’s three previous first outings. This trilogy includes the Roger Corman-produced (and never officially released) 1994 film The Fantastic Four, Tim Story’s Fantastic Four from 2005, and Josh Trank’s infamous 2015 adaptation, Fantastic Four (a.k.a. “Fant4stic“).

Why was the Corman film never released? Didn’t the 2005 film get a sequel? And how could any adaptation possibly ruin Thing’s iconic catchphrase? Find out when Logan screams, “It’s clobberin’ time!” on this fantastic new episode of ODD TRILOGIES!

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Freelance writer out of Indianapolis. Co-host of Odd Trilogies podcast. Whether it's films or television, I'm always down to watch!

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Wishes he could forego sleep to watch more movies. Besides co-hosting Odd Trilogies and writing reviews, Andy builds Gundam models, loves on his three cats, and spends way too much time managing his Plex server. You can follow his movie-watching habits on Letterboxd.

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